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The Buddha above Huangyang River Reservoir

At Tiantishan near Wuwei, a large seated Buddha looks over the reservoir from the cliffside grottoes. The site is also known as the Liangzhou Grottoes and is associated with the Northern Liang period.

The horse found beneath Leitai

A bronze horse excavated from a Han tomb beneath Leitai in Wuwei now stands in the Gansu Provincial Museum. The terrace above the tomb carries a later temple and a longer local memory.